What diseases do white spots on nails indicate?

I don’t know if you have noticed that sometimes some small white spots appear on your fingernails. Most people just think that this affects the appearance. But many people don’t know that when white spots appear on our nails, it actually indicates that your body is sick. So today let’s take a look at what physical diseases the white spots on the nails indicate.

1. Symptoms: Raised nail base and white spots on nails

Signal: It means you have underlying respiratory disease. Such as chronic bronchitis or emphysema.

Reason: This situation is also related to genetics.

Many people frequently cut their nails for cleanliness, use their fingers or cotton swabs to pick their ears, and use their fingers to pick their noses... Most people think that these behaviors are not bad except that they are a little indecent, but in fact, these actions are likely to cause you to lose your hearing, lose your sense of smell, and induce infection...

2. Symptoms: White spots on the nails and pink around the white spots

Warning sign: There is a high possibility that it is a precursor to cirrhosis.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the liver stores blood and the kidneys store essence", and the liver "is reflected in the nails". Nails are an indicator of whether the liver blood is sufficient. Since essence and blood have the same origin, they will affect each other. Therefore, the saying that "white spots on the nails are a sign of kidney deficiency" makes sense...

3. Symptoms: White spots on the nails, and the white half-moon-shaped area on the heel turns red

Warning sign: There is something wrong with your heart. You must go to the hospital for a check-up in time. Heart disease is not a trivial matter.

The doctor said: There are white spots on the nails, the nail surface becomes thinner, rough and easy to break, which may be caused by iron and zinc deficiency. Recommendation: Foods such as lean meat, eggs, seafood, and walnut kernels are high in zinc; spinach, black fungus, animal blood, etc. are high in iron, so you can eat more of them in your daily diet.

4. Symptoms: More than half of the nails turn white, and black spots appear on the fingertips

Warning signs: May indicate that you have hidden kidney disease.

White spots on nails not only warn of disease in adults, but are also a common phenomenon in babies. The white spots on babies' fingers are different from those on adults, so mothers should not have too much psychological burden. White spots on baby's nails are generally caused by three situations:

Through the introduction of the above article, I believe everyone has understood what diseases are indicated when white spots appear on our nails. If your symptoms are exactly what are mentioned above, you might as well go to the hospital for a check-up to confirm whether you are sick.